Our outdoor play areas provide sensory play opportunities daily, through the engaging use of sensory trays and troughs. When a child is engaged in child-led free play they are developing many social and emotional skills, like moving from parallel play to associative and cooperative play. They learn how to interact and read their friends emotions, they learn negotiation and problem solving skills. They are learning about how their bodies move and how to get their bodies to move in a certain way. They are also learning about body spatial awareness and general spatial awareness. All of these skills are the foundation for cognitive learning. We also promote free imaginary play in our Wendy house and outdoor kitchen area.

The Pre-Primary School offers a variety of exciting jungle gyms, tunnels, climbing frames, monkey bars, sandpits, and swings to promote sensory, gross motor, vestibular, spatial, and bilateral integration skills. Our playgrounds are divided into two separate sections: one to accommodate the 3- to 4-year-olds and one to accommodate the 5- to 6-year-olds. The verandas outside the classrooms are set up for multi-media art activities, dress up and construction activities, and the outdoor blackboards encourage the development of pre-writing, reading and fine motor skills. Our Lapa areas with roll-up blinds have been set up as year-round fantasy play areas and include a kitchen, prams, dolls, and other indoor/role-play equipment. Our fantasy walkway fosters creativity, imagination, and sensory exploration, and includes a variety of outdoor musical instruments, such as drums and wind chimes. This “fairy garden” features woodland birds and creatures made from recycled materials.